Oil-cellar for driving-boxes for locomotives



(No Model.) 1 v F. H. TAYLOR 8v F. RILEY.

OIL GELLAR FOR DRIVING BOXES FOL LOGOMO'IIVLS.

.,No. 521,515` Patented June 19,1894.

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'l UNITED/STATES f PATENT OIL-GELLAR FOR DRIVING-BOXES FOR LOCOMOTIVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 521,515, dated June 19,1894.

` Application led February 24,1894. Serial No. 501.438. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK H. TAYLOR and FRANK RILEY, citizens of theUnited States of America, residing at Joliet, in the county of Will andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOil- Cellars for Driving-Boxes for Locomotives, of which the followingis a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanyingdrawings and the letters of reference thereon, forming a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is an vend View of the cellar shown asapplied to the driving box of a locomotive engine, the axle being shownin section, and

a portion of its collar being broken away t0- more clearly show thecellar behind it. Fig. 2 is a side View of a portion of the axle .of alocomotive, and a vertical section of its box and frame, and a verticalsection of the cellar taken on line l of Fig. l looking inthe directionof the arrow. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the cellar, its door beingremoved to show its aperture for admission to its interior. Fig. 4 is across section through the door of the cellar, and of a rod for securingthe door in place to close the aperture of the cellar, and also showinga cross section through the aperture of the cellar, and also a face viewof a portion of the axle collar, and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the doorof the cellar showing a groove forming a seat for the rod vfor securingit-in place.

This invention relates to certain improvements in oil cellars for thedriving boxes of locomotives for holding saturated waste in contact withthe journal of a locomotive axle,

and consists more particularlyin forming the cellar in such manner thatit -may be provided with an aperture located in such position as to beout of the way of the collar on the axle, so that material can besupplied to and removed from the cellar without having to remove thecellar, which improvements are fully set forth and explained in thefollowing speciflcation and claim.

Referring to the drawings E is the cellar designed to be held in placein the box A under the journal of the axle B by means of the rods P andP.

F is a transversely arranged aperture through the end of the cellar inits lower part, and in the end toward the collar D on the outer end, ornear the outer end of the axle B. The part of the cellar having suchaperture is beveled rearward from said collar so that access may beobtained to the interior of the cellar through said aperture withoutobstruction of said collar, as shown particularly in Fig. 4. If saidYcellar were not constructed with such beveled portion, any aperture inits outer end would Vbe covered by such collar on the axle, and therebyrender such aperture absolutely useless, as such axles are invariablyprovided with collars located thereon as shown. And the said aperture itis observed does not extend up to the journal of the axle as has beenthe case heretofore, but'is formed so as to leave a web next the axlefor Vpreventing spread and breaking of the cellar by means of itspressure against the axle journal. This aperture has fitted to it a doorC heldin place by means of the rod P, and is made to form a closejointbymeans of a packing R placed between said door and the cellar as shownparticularly in Fig. 4. It is in thus providing the cellar with theaperture F in the beveled portion so that access to the interior of thecellar can be readily had without obstruction of the collar D on theaxle,

that the principal invention in this device consists.

We are aware that acellar ofl this character has been provided with anopening or aperture at one end fitted with a slide door held closed by aset screw, the said aperture extending from the bottom up to the axle,and the end of the cellar having such aperture being perpendicular andnot beveled `as in this device, and arranged so that a collar on theaxle as shown'in this device would cover said aperture so that .accessto the cellar would be cut 0E by said collar. Such construction we donot claim. By so having the end ofthe cellar beveled as shown a greatadvantage and improvement is gained over such old construction, and thecellar is applicable to any locomotive driving box Without reference tothe sizeof the collar on the axle, which is not the case inthe oldconstruction where the end of the cellar having the aperture is notbeveled.

Having 'thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

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The cellar E having its end beveled, and door to said cellar allarraugedto operate sub having a transverse aperture F in said bevstautally asand for the purpose set forth.

eled portion, and having a web between said FRANK H. TAYLOR. apertureand its upper side to prevent spread- FRANK RILEY.

5 ing apart of the upper part of the ee11ar,in 1Witnesses:

combination with a door c for closing said ap- THOS. II. IIUTCHINS,

erture, and the belt or rodPforseeuring said RAY IIUTCHINS.

